The Flowers...

My job was the flowers... which I have to say turned out just perfect because Tristan has good taste. The pictures don't really do them justice because they were taken after the bouquet had been in the hot sun for hours. Oh well, they capture the idea, at least.
Vintage flower pins are stuck in there along with garden roses, Cattleya orchids, Queen Anne's lace, Magnolia leaves, dusty miller, tulips, ranunculus, lisianthus, hydrangea, stock, feverfew, and freesia. Aaaahhh! It was so fun to work with all those flowers!

The table arrangements were all similar. My dad and brothers went to the mountains and harvested some beautiful Manzanita branches for me and we laid those on their side over some rugged sheet moss. Then my grandma and uncle helped build little nests from angle vine to lay beside the branches. Inside the nests were some wedding favors (which were all put together by my mom, Siena, David, Sierra, and Jerica. You rock!) Scattered around the mess of nature we replicated were vintage vases of billy balls, scabiosa pods, lisianthus, tulips, freesia, Queen Anne's lace, ranunculus, roses, feverfew, and button mums... which were all laid out by the cousins and Juan's sister. We didn't have any time between the luncheon and reception, but thanks to all of those majorly nice volunteers the set-up was all pulled off in less than ten minutes! To anyone who helped, you were all amazing and THANK YOU!

A little twist from the traditional, Tristan had pies instead of a wedding cake. My talented grandfather made those cake stands from an old oak tree in his backyard. Seriously, we have the best family, ever!

I loved this painting as a backdrop. It was painted by a family friend of the groom.